Are there any farms that have considered use of drones for spray and spreading tasks? Or generally curious about it

(Chicago) February 4, 2026. Soybean futures surged as much as 55 cents in ~45 minutes in early trade Tuesday after President Donald Trump said he had completed what he described as a “long and thorough” telephone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping, a call that included discussions of trade and expanded Chinese purchases of U.S. agricultural products.…

(Chicago) February 3, 2026. The US and India announced a framework trade agreement this week that could reshape ag trade flows between the two countries. President Trump said the deal will cut US tariffs on Indian goods to 18% from roughly 50%, including rescinding an extra penalty tariff imposed over India’s purchases of Russian oil. In return, India agreed to expand purchases of American goods…

(Chicago) January 30th, 2026 Ag markets spent Friday digesting a macro reset rather than ag fundamentals. The session was driven first by a policy signal and then by forced financial deleveraging. President Trump’s announcement of a new Federal Reserve Chair was interpreted by markets as repudiating expectations of an exceedingly dovish appointment, removing a tail risk that had been priced into…

(Chicago) January 27th, 2026 - Corn remains under pressure as the market continues to discount near-term demand growth from biofuels, even amid ongoing policy discussion. While year-round E15 remains a political talking point, any meaningful expansion would require congressional action, which was effectively punted on last week. US ethanol production capacity has grown only marginally in recent…

Curious, what do FBN’ers think of the recent report numbers?

I dont know anyone that had yields like ‘they’ report. Is it really out there?

(Chicago) The January USDA reports reinforced a soybean market that is no longer trading scarcity. NASS held the 2025 U.S. soybean yield steady at 53.0 BPA, while harvested acres edged 100,000 higher to 80.4 million, lifting production 9 million bushels to 4.262 billion. There was no supply-side relief in the data. Instead, USDA confirmed that the crop is large, broadly consistent with trend, and…

(Chicago) The USDA’s January suite of reports collectively reinforces a clear theme for corn: supply has outpaced demand, and the burden of adjustment is shifting to price and storage economics rather than usage growth. Final yield and acreage revisions pushed U.S. corn production to a record 17.02 billion bushels, up 269 million bushels from the prior marketing year and another 269 million…

(Chicago) The USDA’s January reports reinforce a consistent message for wheat: the U.S. balance sheet has loosened further, and the adjustment mechanism remains price and inventory management rather than demand expansion. In the January WASDE, U.S. wheat ending stocks for 2025/26 were increased to 926 million bushels, reflecting higher beginning stocks and weaker domestic use. This revision was…

(Chicago) Producers are watching closely ahead of the USDA's most significant data release of the year on Monday, January 12 at 11:00 AM Central. The January report includes updates to U.S. and global balance sheets through the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), Final Crop Production, Quarterly Grain Stocks, and Winter Wheat Seedings reports. These reports will provide the…

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(CHICAGO, IL) Outside markets were quiet today as traders largely sat on their hands ahead of tomorrow’s Fed decision. Grain markets reacted to a December WASDE that delivered exactly what was expected: a report nearly devoid of meaningful domestic changes. The USDA, as expected, didn’t make meaningful changes to most crops and avoided the harder adjustments on soybeans, wheat, and corn feed use,…

(Chicago) Markets traded two-sided to start this holiday week, with Wednesday expected to be much lighter than Mon and Tuesday and Black Friday, following Thanksgiving lighter still.…

January soybeans pushed to new annual highs early Tuesday, Nov 18th, briefly trading $11.69½ as New York got to their desks around 8:00 AM and positioned ahead of USDA’s 8:00 AM flash sales report. USDA confirmed 792,000 MT sold to China, about 7 to 8 cargoes. That’s a solid headline, but below Monday’s trade chatter, and beans gave up ground fast after the open. Futures posted their daily low…